Item 5.07. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
Waste Connections, Inc. (the "Company") held its 2022 annual meeting of
shareholders on May 13, 2022 (the "Meeting").
The Company's shareholders (the "Shareholders") elected each of the eight
nominees for director by the votes indicated below:
Total Votes Total Broker
Nominee for Director: Total Votes For: Withheld: Non-Votes:
Ronald J. Mittelstaedt 189,800,659 8,507,193 7,628,288
Edward E. "Ned" Guillet 165,501,884 32,805,967 7,628,289
Michael W. Harlan 169,129,759 29,178,093 7,628,288
Larry S. Hughes 198,085,294 222,557 7,628,289
Worthing F. Jackman 194,708,932 3,598,919 7,628,289
Elise L. Jordan 189,994,683 8,313,169 7,628,288
Susan "Sue" Lee 189,989,130 8,318,721 7,628,289
William J. Razzouk 178,925,366 19,382,485 7,628,289
The Shareholders approved on a non-binding, advisory basis the compensation of
the Company's named executive officers as disclosed in the Company's management
information circular and proxy statement in respect of the Meeting ("say on
pay"), by the votes indicated below:
Total Votes For: 193,417,357
Total Votes Against: 3,932,014
Total Votes Withheld: 958,476
Total Broker Non-Votes: 7,628,293
The Shareholders approved the appointment of Grant Thornton LLP as the Company's
independent registered public accounting firm until the close of the Company's
2023 annual meeting of shareholders and authorized the Company's Board of
Directors to fix the auditor's remuneration by the votes indicated below:
Total Votes For: 205,867,996
Total Votes Withheld: 68,143
Total Broker Non-Votes: 1
Item 8.01 Other Events.
On May 13, 2022, the Company issued a press release announcing that the
Shareholders had elected as the Company's directors each of the nominees listed
above under Item 5.07 at the Meeting. The press release announcing the election
of the directors and related matters is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is
incorporated herein by reference.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibit.
99.1 Press Release, dated May 13, 2022, issued by Waste Connections,
Inc.
104 The cover page of Waste Connections, Inc. on Current Report on Form 8-K
formatted in Inline XBRL.
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